Valve apparatus for washbowls or sinks



(No Model.)

B. E. LOADWIOK. VALVE APPARATUS FOR WASHBOWLS QR SINKS. No. 596,117.

Patented Dec. 28.1897.

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VALVE APPARATUS FOR WASHBOWLS OR SINKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,117, dated December 28 1897.

Application filed May 14, 1897. $erial No. 636,557- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BURTON E. LOADWIOK, of Harrisville, in the county of Lewis and State of New York, have invented certain new valve apparatus for washbowls or sinks, and

has for its object to dispense with the ordinary plug and lifting-chain and provide improved valve mechanism to enable the discharge of the water in the sink or basin without the necessity of placing the hand therein to lift the valve-plug.

A further object is to inclose the valve mechanism in a stand or easing, so as to be out of sight, and to provide a handle project-.

ing to the exterior, whereby the valve-plug may be quickly and conveniently opened and closed.

To the accomplishment of this end, my invention consists in certain novel details of construction, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the appended claims.

For the purpose of illustration I have shown my invention applied in connection with a washbowl, although it may be employed as an attachment for sinks.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view showinga washbowl and my improved valve mechanism therefor. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the valve-lever, and Fig. A is a detail perspective view of the catch device.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the stand or casing, in the top of which the washbowl 2 is set, as usual. This washbowl is provided with a waste-opening 3 and a discharge-tube 4, projecting downward therefrom. A valveplug 5 controls the said opening and is carried by a rod 5, extending through and vertiof the casing at one side of the bowl, and has its other end connected with and supported by a handle-rod 8, which projects through the said top of the casing and is provided on the exterior with a knob 9. Intermediate of its length the valve-lever is provided with a downwardly-projecting U-shaped offset portion 10, to which the lower end of the valverod 5 is connected. This U-shaped ofiset portion of the valve-lever enables the said lever to connect with the lower end of the valve-rod and permits the horizontal or major portion of the same to abut against the under side of the washbowl to limit the backward movement of the valve-plug. By moving the handle-rod up and down it will be seen that the valve-plug maybe readily and conveniently opened and closed.

' In order to hold the valve-plug open or closed, I have provided a catch device to engage the valve-lever and hold it in the position to which it is adjusted. This catch device consists of a spring-metal plate 11, pend ent from the under side of the top of the stand or casing adjoining the valve-handle and bent to form a loop-shaped lower end 12, the shorter arm 13 of which is provided with an inbent portion forming a locking-shoulder 14. The lowermost position of the valve-lever when the plug-valve is closed is determined either by the valve-rod, the handle, or the catch device which supports it, and the valve-lever is supported in an upraised position to hold the valve-plug open by the spring locking-shoulder 14 of the catch device.

' A bar 15 extends across on the interior side of the stand or casing and supports a funnelshaped eduction-tube 16, the flaring or enlarged end of which surrounds the lower end of the discharge-tube and receives the waste water therefrom. The upper end of the eduction-tube is provided with vertical slots 16 to receive the horizontal portions of the valvelever upon opposite sides of the central U- shaped portion thereof. The nozzle or lower contracted end of this eduction-tube is connected with the waste-pipe 17.

The wash bowl or basin and the valve ap= paratus may be made of any desired material suitable for the purpose, for durability, or to suit the fancy.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with the stand or casing and the bowl or sink having outlet-opening in its bottom and a depending tube, of a valve-plug fitted to a seat about said opening, a rod carrying said plug and working through said tube, a horizontally-disposed valve-lever pivotally mounted at one end and formed between its ends with a downwardlyprojecting U-shaped portion to the center of which the lower end of said rod is connected and a vertically-disposed handlerod connected with the other end of said lever, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with the stand and the bowl having outlet-opening in its bottom, and

a depending tube, of a valve-plug fitted to a seat about said opening, a rod carrying said plug and working in said tube, a horizontallydisposed valve-lever pivotally mounted at one end and formed between its ends with a downwardly-projecting U-shaped portion, to the center of which the lower end of said rod is connected, a handle-rod connected with the other end of said lever, and a funne1-shaped eduction-tube receiving the depending tube of the bowl and having slots for the passage of the horizontal portions of the lever upon opposite sides of the central U'shaped portion thereof, substantially as shown and described.

3. In valve apparatus for washbowls or sinks, the combination of a stand or casing, a washbowl set in the top thereof and provided with an outlct-openingand a discharge tube projecting downward therefrom, avalvelever pivoted on the interior of the casing and formed intermediate its ends with a substantially U-shaped offset inclosing the said discharge-tube, a valve-rod attached to the said offset and extending through the discharge-tube and carrying a valve-plug controlling the said outlet-opening, a handle connected with the free .end of the valve-lever and exposed on the exterior of the casing, and a catch device to hold the valve-plug open, substantially as described.

4. In valve apparatus for Washbowls or sinks, the combination of a stand or casing, a washbowl or sink set into the top of said case and provided with an outlet-opening and a discharge-tube projecting downward therefrom, a valve-plug for said opening, ,a rod carrying the said plug, a horizo n'tally-disposed valve-lever pivotally supported at one end and formed near its center with :a .downwardly-projecting U shaped oil'set portion, a cross-bar on the interior of thecasing, a funnel-shaped eduction-tuloe supported thereby and having its upper flaringend inclosi-ng the offset portion of the valve-lever and the .discharge-tube of the basin, and a waste-pipe connected with the lower end of said eduction-tube, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BURTON LOADXVI'GK.

Witnesses:

' ORSON W. PAYNE, MINNIE CARTER. 

